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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] So many people here make me really LOL.....

I knew we lived surrounded by self important people who are egotistical and narcissistic, but I had no idea they [b]could be so STUPID to boot[/b]!  Someone said "I Consider those who shop at thrift stores, not thrifty but poor". and I had to really keep myself from falling out of my chair I was laughing so hard.  Oh, we know people like you but still I find it amusing when I hear things like this...

My wife and I have 2 boys under 3 in VA -- we make ~$250,000 combined.....and drum rolllllllllllllll....We get almost ALL their clothes at thrift stores, minus special outfits we want to match etc. And I mean Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc, NOT some snobby Old Town store where u pay $20 for used shirts, etc.....And SURPRISE it is probably the Janie and Jack, Polo or other stuff you gave them with tags on our [b]your snobby kid wore once[/b].  All high end clothing, like new and for 4T and smaller shorts/pants/shirts they are .98 cents and they have half off days!!

[b]So think what you want --- when you are driving your fancy car, in your too big house, teaching your kids that poor people buy second hand....as you declare bankruptcy, we wil be retired at a young age enjoying life! [/b]  [/quote]

You really sound like a condescending, egotistical jerk.  YOU and your kids benefit from the generosity of others, then come on this forum, call them stupid and criticize them for donating nice (not awful) clothing to a charitable organization!!!!  YOU are the egotistical and narcissistic one.  By the way, how the heck do YOU know what "rich people" teach their kids????  Your salary would qualify you as rich in any normal part of the world.   Warren Buffet lives in a modest home and has not promised his kids/grandkids any of his wealth...they have to make their own way in the world.  Many rich people are like that...extremely generous with their time and money.  You sound condescending and jealous.  [/quote]

[b]People are NOT donating items (used clothing) to charitable organizations to be charitable.[/b]  (What else are they going to do with used clothing without putting themselves out).  They do it for the same reasons I do it:  to get things out of the house - PURGING.  They are outgrown and of no use.  Selling the items would bring nothing in (pretty much) and would be a pain far more than any value they would bring.  I don't donate stained items (they are trashed or rags).  I donate nice useable items as most people do...to get them out of my house because I have no further use for them.  If you're saying otherwise, you're lying.  [/quote]

Speak for yourself.  It would be *much* easier to just throw things away.  We donate instead because I know there are people who could really use those things but, honestly, this thread is making me reconsider.  I think I may start donating to this organization instead:

[url]http://www.dressforsuccess.org[/url]

And I'm not the PP you quoted, by the way.
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I'm a new poster but agree with the other poster.  I post to purge.  Throwing away would be harder for me.  Places like Purple Heart or National Children's pick up right on my porch.  I can purge my closets on a Tuesday and have the items picked up 2 days later.  The trash would be at least  week and I'd have to lug it down to the curb.  What is dress for success going to do with your kids' clothes...which iswhat this thread is about,...[/quote]

Oh really?  So let me get this straight.  You make your kids dress from thrift stores but you neither purchase nor donate 2nd hand clothes for yourself?  Wow.
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What a dipshit.  No...I mentioned "drsssforsupccess" because the prior poster mentioned donating there.  I do buy myself things at thrift shops.  I donate my old things to thrift shops.  If you followed the posts, you'd see the question was if you are donating to charities (clothing) to purge your closets or as a good deed to help poorer people.  It is the former.[/quote]

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